Memorandum Circular No. 39 (DOH)

   


Date:    1979

Source:    Population Policy Manual Volume II

Subject:    Use of the Facilities of the Hospitals and the Rural Health/Family Planning Centers under this Ministry by the Itinerant Sterilization Teams of other Agencies Participating in the National Family Planning Program

Text:

The use of the facilities of hospitals and Rural Health and Family Planning Centers under this Ministry by the Itinerant Sterilization Teams of agencies participating in the national family planning program shall be governed by the following conditions:

  1. That prior consent of the Chief of Hospital or the Municipal Health Officer or Rural Health Physician, as the case may be, and approval by the Regional Health Director concerned are secured;

  2. That the existing hospital or center of the Hospital or center facilities are adequate to cope with the additional patient load;

  3. That there is no available physician in the hospital or in the center/clinic trained in this particular type or specialty;

  4. That the hospital is non-subsidized;

  5. That it is the responsibility of the Itinerant Sterilization Teams to make regular check-up or follow-up of cases handled by them in said hospitals or family planning centers;

  6. That while such cases are credited as part of the performance of the (IS) Team involved, the hospitals or clinics concerned are nevertheless called upon to incorporate such activities, in separate item, in their respective monthly narrative and statistical reports; and

  7. That other conditions or terms which the hospital or the center/clinic concerned may deem wise to impose is in consonance with the guidelines specified in Dept. Cir. No. 206, s. 1976

 

   
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